Cotton On-Call Report

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York
Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as
of 12/05/2003

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
New York Board of Trade

Unfixed Call Sales

Change From Previous Week

Unfixed Call Purchases

Change From Previous Week

At Close
12/05/2003

Change From Previous Week

December 2003

5

0

0

0

32

-72

March 2004

14,941

-140

9,734

-51

54,986

-913

May 2004

8,636

158

684

-10

13,049

-157

July 2004

16,489

252

227

-30

5,729

35

October 2004

2,310

119

1,010

213

335

-10

December 2004

3,487

332

1,913

359

3,974

-7

March 2005

1,294

69

10

0

703

0

May 2005

1,153

0

0

0

190

0

July 2005

1,856

27

0

0

190

0

December 2005

1,270

-5

0

0

0

0

March 2006

74

0

0

0

0

0

May 2006

112

0

0

0

0

0

July 2006

119

0

0

0

0

0

Totals

51,746

812

13,578

481

79,188

-1,124

1 Merchants with futures positions of 50 or
more contracts in one future.

This report is published by the Commission's
Division of Market Oversight.
If you have any questions concerning this report, call
Vincent G.
Varisano
Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646)
746-9775.